Matters such as housing for disciples in the back mountain fell under the temple's Patrol Monitor Hall. Normally, the disciples of this hall were also responsible for patrolling the various buildings and forests within the temple.
If other stewards personally spoke up and wished to arrange housing for their own disciples, the Patrol Monitor Hall would usually acquiesce.
Just as when Lu Nanling had spoken up back then, Li Qingyun had immediately been given a second-class double room.
This was a magnificent, imposing courtyard, no smaller in scale than Lu Nanling's own residence. It was where Patrol Monitor Steward Xu Songyuan of the back mountain and his close disciples handled their daily affairs and cultivated.
"Junior Brother Li, if you choose one of the existing standalone courtyards, the monthly rent will only be two spirit stones!"
"If you choose a plot in the back mountain and build your own house, you'll need to pay fifty spirit stones upfront, and rent will still be charged starting from the second year! Of course, if you have a handwritten note from a Dao Master and select the location yourself, you'll only need to pay a one-time land fee of ten spirit stones..."
In a side courtyard, the one receiving Li Qingyun was a disciple surnamed Wang under Xu Songyuan.
Within Lingbao Temple, every steward had a group of elite disciples under them. They assisted the steward Dao Masters with their work, and through those duties earned considerable monthly income and contribution points.
That was the benefit of taking a Dao Master as one's teacher. Even while remaining in the temple, one need not worry about the basic necessities for cultivation.
Of course, cultivation was like rowing upstream: if one did not strive forward, one would fall behind. To advance further, one still had